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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
United States President, Barack Obama, has honoured a Nigerian, Adepeju Jaiyeoba, and four other young entrepreneurs from around the world at a Global Entrepreneurship event in Washington DC. The White House, in a statement on its official website, noted that the emerging entrepreneurs from across the US and around the world were brought together to […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano A restaurant in Anambra has reportedly been shut down for cooking human flesh and serving it to customers. The police were tipped off by locals who suspected something horrific was taking place inside the kitchen. They raided the hotel restaurant to discover human heads which were still dripping with […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
By Our Reporter–The first democratically elected and former Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to death over mass prison break in 2011. Ex- Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi Following the latest ruling, the Egyptian’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti, is expected to consider and decide whether the execution would be carried out or not, just […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
BENIN CITY – IT was a gathering of who is who in the country at the wedding ceremony of the Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Eric Oshiomhole, at his home town in Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Council of Edo State, Firday, as Oshiomhole declared his joy of remarrying again after the demise of […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: twitter.com [UPDATED] The Nigerian Army on Friday temporarily relaxed the curfew imposed on Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno State. It is believed that this is done in order to allow the Muslim faithful in the town to attend the Friday Islamic congregational prayer. Though the […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Friday, May 15th, 2015

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 15, 2015 – In addition to its defeat in the presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost its dominance in the Senate and the House of Representatives and control of some time-honored PDP states like Plateau, Niger and Benue. Following these losses, the party is in […]
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Headlines
Friday, May 15th, 2015
’Tunji Ajibade I chose not to discuss Nigeria’s last general elections as of the time they took place for personal reasons. I still don’t have any intention to discuss it. But it was partly on this subject matter that another Nigerian, one who moved with the high and the mighty, made his thoughts known to […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 15th, 2015
| credits: Aljazeera Blues legend BB King has died in Las Vegas at the age of 89, his attorney has said. King, who inspired a generation of mainstream guitarists, died late on Thursday, triggering shockwaves across social media, with stars from the music world lining up to pay tribute. The 15-time Grammy award winner was considered one of […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Wole Soyinka
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Tinubu, Soyinka The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday in Lagos said the 2013 Nigeria Governors’ Forum crisis paved the way for the end of the 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party. They made the observation during the public presentation of ‘Dynamics […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics, Presidency, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon A former military head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says the leader of the defunct Biafra, the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, underestimated him by thinking that he (Gowon) would never go to war. Gowon, who led Nigerian forces to defeat Ojukwu’s army during the Nigerian civil war from […]